Godzilla 2000 Soundtrack CD Takayuki Hattori

Godzilla 2000 Soundtrack CD Takayuki Hattori:

The theme to the latest Godzilla adventure sounds halfway between a classic monster motif and heroic fanfare, which appropriately reflects the constantly shifting role of Japan's favorite giant lizard. After all, one minute he's threatening to crush Tokyo under his giant frame; the next, he's saving the populace from alien intruders. (Of course, Godzilla inevitably crushes Tokyo while saving it--there's irony for you.) For this film, composer Takayuki Hattori (who also scored 1994's Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla) refreshingly opts not to overdo the action scenes. Despite the occasional, clichéd use of string and brass crescendos for dramatic effect, pieces like "The Self Defense Force Swings into Action" are unusually understated. Considering the bombastic onscreen carnage, this makes for a striking contrast. Most memorable on the Godzilla 2000 soundtrack is the unconventional music--the tribal drumming insinuated into the anxious orchestrations of "Giant UFO Approaching" and "Before the Explosion"; the soothing, hypnotic tones of "Wonder of G Revealed"; and the wonderful, modern rendition of Akira Ifukube's classic, "Godzilla's Theme." Tohophiles will also appreciate the inclusion of Godzilla and Orga sound effects from the film.

1. Godzilla Roars/Godzilla's Theme: 2000 Millennium
2. Godzilla 2000: Millennium Main Title
3. The Giant Tail
4. Face to Face With Terror
5. Inches From Disaster
6. Godzilla Appears in Nemuro
7. Deep At Sea
8. Sixty Million Year Slumber
9. The Object From Outer Space - Bizarre Happening #1
10. The Self-Defense Force Swings Into Action
11. Launching The Full Metal Missile
12. The Object From Outer Space - Flight
13. Godzilla Sound Effects
14. Godzilla Comes Ashore
15. The Encounter With The Mysterious Object
16. Eerie Silence
17. The Wonder of G Revealed
18. The Object From Outer Space - Bizarre Happening #2
19. UFO Effects
20. Giant UFO Approaching
21. Off To Shinjuku
22. Earth Invasion
23. Before The Explosion
24. Millennium
25. Thinking Of My Dad
26. 21:10
27. The Millennium Kingdom
28. Miraculous Survival
29. Extraterrestrial Life: The Birth
30. Tensions On The Rise/The Metamorphosis
31. Astonishing Resurrection
32. G's Decision
33. Orga: Irony of Fate
34. End Title: Godzilla - Dreaded God
35. Godzilla and Orga' Sound Effects
36. Godzilla's Theme